If you know your weaknesses then it will be easier to win the overall battle, and this is no different when your fighting the war of unemployment or just seeking employment in general, which is pretty hard these days with the US economy, but if your understand your short coming then you might be better prepared to get that job, check out this article that talks more about the approach to getting a job, HERE.

This might sound really far out but perhaps one way to avoid staying un-employed for an extended period of time would be to create a blog about what you do, writing about things withing your field might make you more appealing to potential employers, check out this article that explains more about this topic, HERE.